Evening dress
Designer
Charles James
(1906 - 1978)
1956-1957
Silk crepe
Gift of Robert Wells In Memory of Lisa Kirk
Object number91.241.131
Charles James’s La Sirène (Mermaid) gown was created using a full-length, molded dress form that widened into a fishtail shape at the bottom. The fabric was folded and stitched to create a form-fitted silhouette, its precise tucks ending at the wearer’s knees to allow for ease of movement.
DescriptionLa Sirène evening dress in taupe silk crepe; sleeveless floor length tapered sheath with shoulder straps, multiple horizontal released pleats at CF; gathered CB seam, to fishtail hemCollections
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